Frontend Operator

About Crown

Crown Holdings, Inc. through it's subsidiaries, is a world leader in the metal packaging production process. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative and sustainable metal packaging solutions and products. Our clients are some of the largest and most respected companies in the world.

Crown is dedicated to building a team of highly talented, dedicated, and driven individuals. It's an exciting time to join our business because Crown offers you the opportunity to grow and develop your skills in an expanding industry.

Crown was founded with the goal of valuing and promoting sustainability and this vision continues to be essential to our long-term future.

Job Description:

About Crown:

CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc., a wholly owned company of Crown Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of packaging products for consumer goods. At Crown, we are passionate about helping our customers build their brands and connect with consumers around the world. We do this by delivering innovative packaging that offers significant value for brand owners, retailers, and consumers alike. With operations in 39 countries employing over 23,000 people and net sales of over $11 billion, we are uniquely positioned to bring best practices in quality and manufacturing to our customers to drive their businesses locally and globally. Sustaining a leadership position requires us to build a team of highly talented, dedicated, and driven individuals.

Division Overview:

Crown’s Beverage Division manufactures a variety of packaging solutions for soft drinks, craft beers, coffees, and teas as well as new energy drinks. Crown Beverage leads the packaging industry with innovative technologies that redefine how the world looks at beverage cans. With a large printable surface area and a wide range of sizes, shapes and decorating options, our aluminum cans are the perfect packaging format to create compelling brand presence where it counts. Here is your chance to join the Crown Beverage Division.

Location:

Cheraw, SC.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Safety & Quality minded with willingness for excellence required
• Ensures all safety equipment, guards, and devices are in place at all times, and follows safe work procedures and safety rules
• Checks a set of cups on shift to make sure the problem is not being created by the plant
• Checks the coil for dents and holes during changeover before rotating mandrels into position to be threaded into cupper.
• Installs the coil being loaded on the off mandrel in an overlap position which should be facing in the opposite direction during the changeover
• Rotates the coil around, while the machine is in manual mode, by using the unwinder during the changeover.
• Inspects cups once per shift to visually detect defects such as excessive earing, score marks, ID visibility, pinching, thinning of cup at radius, lube and hairing.
• Shuts down machine when defective can is detected
• Identifies cups by recording date and shift on bottom of cuts, before sorting cups in sorter of station on process control board.
• Removes scraps from die of press before starting machine.
• Pulls 5 consecutive samples for an equipment set-up evaluation from bodymaker after tooling change has been verified.
• Adds oils to ironers as needed for proper operation.
• Adjust dome for depth, to meet customer specifications.
• Clears jams from bodymaker and trimmer
• Conducts daily or monthly lubrication on ironers for normal operation of equipment.
• Identifies trim quality problems.
• Checks three cans of trimmer every two hours for dimension
• Identifies the proper size rings to ensure customer specifications are met
• Sets timing for cup infeed, can blowoff and discharge pocket for bodymaker
• Operates the ironers and trimmers during daily production runs.
• Adjust trim heights to Crown’s specifications for finish.
• Checks cup elevator for damage or scrap cups after a die jam

Performs other related duties as required

Qualifications:

In addition to the specific responsibilities listed above, the ideal candidate will possess the following:

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent experience.

Competencies:

• Good oral and written communications skills. Good record keeping skills. Good listening skills. Accurate measurement capability. Ability to understand and speak basic English.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and may be required to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The associate may lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions:

• Generally, works in a plant environment but will be required to perform some job duties inside a typical office setting.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicular traffic.
• The associate may be exposed to a wide range of temperatures.
• The noise level is frequently loud.

Benefits:

CROWN offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits including free company paid health insurance for employees and well as company matched 401(k).

Interested:

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What Crown Offers You

• Strong engagement and commitment to the safety of our employees

• The opportunity to build a meaningful career

• Professional and personal development through training and work experiences

Join us and become part of a team of professionals who are passionate about sustainable packaging!

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